District No. 31 shall consist of the county of Codington, and be entitled to three Representatives. District No. 32 shall consist of the county of Clark, and be entitled to three Representatives. District No. 33 shall consist of the county of Spink, and be entitled to five Representatives. District No. 34 shall consist of the county of Faulk, and be entitled to two Representatives. District No. 35 shall consist of the county of Potter, and be entitled to one Representative. District No. 36 shall consist of the county of Grant, and be entitled to two Representatives. District No. 37 shall consist of the county of Roberts, and be entitled to one Representative. District No. 38 shall consist of the county of Day, and be entitled to three Representatives. District No. 39 shall consist of the county of Marshall, and be entitled to two Representatives. District No. 40 shall consist of the county of Brown, and be entitled to eight Representatives. District No. 41 shall consist of the county of Edmunds, and be entitled to two Representatives. District No. 42 shall consist of the county of Walworth, and be entitled to one Representative. District No. 43 shall consist of the county of McPherson, and be entitled to two Representatives. District No. 44 shall consist of the county of Campbell, and be entitled to one Representative. District No. 45 shall consist of the county of Fall River, and be entitled to one Representative. District No. 46 shall consist of the county of Custer, and be entitled to two Representatives. District No. 47 shall consist of the county of Pennington, and be entitled to two Representatives. District No. 48 shall consist of the county of Meade, and be entitled to two Representatives. District No. 49 shall consist of the county of Lawrence, and be entitled to six Representatives. District No. 50 shall consist of the county of Butte, and be entitled to one Representative. ARTICLE XX. Seat of Goverment. Section 1. The question of the location of the temporary seat of government shall be submitted to a vote of the electors of the proposed State of South Dakota, in the same manner and at the same election at which this Constitution shall be submitted, and the place receiving the highest number of votes shall be the temporary seat of government until a permanent seat of government shall be established as hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. The Legislature, at its first session after the admission of this State, shall provide for the submission of the question of a place for a permanent seat of government to the qualified voters of the State at the next general election thereafter, and that place which receives a majority of all the votes cast upon that question shall be the permanent seat of government. Sec. 3. Should no place voted for at said election have a majority of all votes cast upon this question, the Governor shall issue his proclamation for an election to be held in the same manner at the next general election to choose between the two places having received the highest number of votes cast at the first election on this question. This election shall be conducted in the same manner as the first election for the permanent seat of government, and the place receiving a majority of all the votes cast upon this question shall be the permanent seat of government. ARTICLE XXI. Section 1. Seal and Coat of Arms.-The design of the great seal of South Dakota shall be as follows: A circle within which shall appear in the left foreground a smelting furnace and other features of mining work. In the left background a range of hills. In the right foreground a farmer at his plow. In the right background a herd of cattle and a field of corn. Between the two parts thus described shall appear a river bearing a steamboat. Properly divided between the upper and lower edges of the circle shall appear the legend, "Under God the People Rule," which shall be the motto of the State of South Dakota. Exterior to this circle and within a circumscribed circle shall appear, in the upper part, the words "State of South Dakota." In the lower part the words "Great Seal," and the date in Arabic numerals of the year in which the State shall be admitted to the Union. Sec. 2. Compensation of Public Officers.-The Governor shall receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars; the judges of the Supreme Court shall each receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars; the judges of the Circuit Courts shall each receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars: Provided, That the Legislature may, after the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety, increase the annual salary of the Governor and each of the judges of the Supreme Court to three thousand dollars, and the annual salary of each of the Circuit Court judges to two thousand five hundred dollars. The Secretary of State, State Treasurer and State Auditor shall each receive an annual salary of one thousand eight hun dred dollars; the Commissioner of School and Public Lands shall receive an annual salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars; the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall receive an annual salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars; the AttorneyGeneral shall receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars; the compensation of the Lieutenant-Governor shall be double the compensation of a State Senator. They shall receive no fees or perquisites whatever for the performance of any duties connected with their offices. It shall not be competent for the Legislature to increase the salaries of the officers named in this article except as herein provided. Sec. 3. Oath of Office.- Every person elected or appointed to any office in this State, except such inferior offices as may be by law exempted, shall, before entering upon the duties thereof, take an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution. of the United States and of this State, and faithfully to discharge the duties of his office. Sec. 4. Exemptions.-The right of the debtor to enjoy the comforts and necessaries of life shall be recognized by wholesome laws; exempting from forced sale a homestead, the value of which shall be limited and defined by law, to all heads of families, and a reasonable amount of personal property, the kind and value of which to be fixed by general law. Sec. 5. Rights of Married Women.-The real and personal property of any woman in this State acquired before marriage, and all property to which she may after marriage become in any manner rightfully entitled, shall be her separate property, and shall not be liable for the debts of her husband. ARTICLE XXII. Compact with United States. The following article shall be irrevocable without the consent of the United States and the people of the State of South Dakota expressed by their legislative assembly: First-That perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and that no inhabitant of this State shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship. Second That we, the people inhabiting the State of South Dakota, do agree and declare that we forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundary of South Dakota, and to all lands lying within said limits owned or held by any Indian or Indian tribes; and that until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition of the United States; and said Indian lands shall remain under the absolute jurisdiction and control of the Con gress of the United States; that the lands belonging to citizens of the United States residing without the said State shall never be taxed at a higher rate than the lands belonging to residents of this State; that no taxes shall be imposed by the State of South Dakota on lands or property therein belonging to or which may hereafter be purchased by the United States, or reserved for its use. But nothing herein shall preclude the State of South Dakota from taxing as other lands are taxed any lands owned or held by any Indian who has severed his tribal relation and has obtained from the United States, or from any person, a title thereto by patent or other grant, save and except such lands as have been or may be granted to any All Indian or Indians under any act of Congress containing a provision exempting the lands thus granted from taxation. such lands which may have been exempted by any grant or law of the United States shall remain exempt to the extent and as prescribed by such act of Congress. Third That the State of South Dakota shall assume and pay that portion of the debts and liabilities of the Territory of Dakota as provided by this Constitution. Fourth-That provision shall be made for the establishment and maintenance of systems of public schools, which shall be opened to all the children of this State, and free from sectarian control. ARTICLE XXIII. Amendments and Revisions of the Constitution. Section 1. Any amendment or amendments to this Constitu tion may be proposed in either house of the Legislature, and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and it shall be the duty of the Legislature to sub mit such proposed amendment or amendments to the vote of the people at the next general election. And if the people shall approve and ratify such amendment or amendments by a majority of the electors voting thereon, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of this Constitution; provided, that the amendment or amendments so proposed shall be pub lished for a period of twelve weeks previous to the date of said election, in such manner as the Legislature may provide; and provided further, that if more than one amendment be submitted, they shall be submitted in such manner that the people may vote for or against such amendment separately. Sec. 2. Whenever two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the Legislature shall think it necessary to call a convention to revise this Constitution they shall recommend to the electors to vote at the next election for members of the Legisla ture, for or against a convention; and if a majority of all the electors voting at said election shall have voted for a convention, the Legislature shall, at their next session, provide by law for calling the same. The convention shall consist of as many |